TAMARA KEEL: Bullpup Pistols and Skinny Derringers.

TO BE FAIR, SO DO I — AND I BET A LOT OF FOLKS AT THE SHOT SHOW WOULD, TOO: The US Army wants a powerful cannon that can hit Chinese warships in the South China Sea from 1,000 miles away.

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SHE’S BEEN SAYING A LOT OF THINGS THAT AREN’T TRUE: Rep. Ilhan Omar faces backlash after claiming Trump is backing ‘coup’ in Venezuela.

THE CAUSE IS COMING FROM INSIDE THE MOUTH: The Cause of Alzheimer’s Could Be Coming From Inside Your Mouth, Study Claims. “In a new paper led by senior author Jan Potempa, a microbiologist from the University of Louisville, researchers report the discovery of Porphyromonas gingivalis – the pathogen behind chronic periodontitis (aka gum disease) – in the brains of deceased Alzheimer’s patients. . . . In separate experiments with mice, oral infection with the pathogen led to brain colonisation by the bacteria, together with increased production of amyloid beta (Aβ), the sticky proteins commonly associated with Alzheimer’s.”

Well, let’s hope this pans out. In the meantime, brush and floss.

LEGALIZED ELECTION THEFT: Get Ready: California-Style Elections Are Coming to Your State. “Automatic voter registration, ‘seeding’ mail ballots to every registrant, and then ‘harvesting’ them may be in your state’s future.“

Why bother winning elections the precise, factual, and correct way when you’re morally entitled to victory by any means?

QUESTION ASKED: How Did CNN Get Tipped Off To The FBI Raid At Roger Stone’s House?

ELON MUSK: Why I’m Building the Starship out of Stainless Steel.

BUREAUCRATS ARE USUALLY STUPID, AND OFTEN EVIL: The Green Reaper mascot the Department of Energy created is not merely ludicrous, it’s evil, because the idea was to scare children.

SHE SEEMS NICE: New Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) Asked Judge For Compassion In ISIS Recruit Sentencing.

MICHAEL LEDEEN: What’s at Stake in the Venezuelan Struggle.

FREEDOM OF NAVIGATION: U.S. Navy sails warships through Taiwan Strait.

I’ll repeat my suggestion that any nation opposed to freedom of the seas should restrain itself from maritime trade.

21st CENTURY RELATIONSHIPS: Man says emotional support alligator helps his depression.

A Pennsylvania man says his emotional support alligator helps him deal with his depression.

Joie Henney, 65, said his registered emotional support animal named Wally likes to snuggle and give hugs, despite being a 5-foot-long alligator. The York Haven man said he received approval from his doctor to use Wally as his emotional support animal after not wanting to go on medication for depression, he told Philly.com .

“I had Wally, and when I came home and was around him, it was all OK,” he said. “My doctor knew about Wally and figured it works, so why not?”

To be fair, scientists have been researching the benefits of emotional support alligators since 1984.

LIZ SHELD’S MORNING BRIEF (SLIGHTLY DELAYED EDITION): Kushner’s security clearance, no wall deal, and much, much more. “I’ve heard people in the administration complain that the security clearance system has been weaponized by anti-Trump deep-staters who slow-walk and obstruct pro-Trump people from getting jobs that need clearances. So here I see a story written by the lead cheerleader for the firm that peddled the salacious and unverified pee-pee dossier used as a pretense to spy on the Trump campaign and I don’t immediately trust the story. One other thing: where did this story come from? Did some ‘sources’ just contact NBC News out of the blue or was there a special interest pushing this story into the news cycle when it really is barely relevant to current events? Cui bono?”

IF YOU CAN’T RELY ON THE GOVERNMENT, WHY RELY ON THE GOVERNMENT: Privatize TSA for Better Security and Faster Lines…and to Avoid Delays and Hassles During Government Shutdowns.

WHEN PEOPLE GET TIRED OF SUBSIDIZING THIS STUFF, WE’LL BE TOLD IT’S BECAUSE OF “ANTI-INTELLECTUALISM:” Princeton prof: Covington HS kids symbol of ‘white privilege,’ a yearning for 1950s.

He’s not really wrong, though. When you’re a racist hater, the race you hate — in this case, white Catholic high schoolers — is a symbol of other things you hate. That’s how bigotry works. Sad that our universities are such centers of such hatred today.

WILL THIS TITLE IX CAMPUS CENSORSHIP CASE END UP IN THE SUPREME COURT? George Leef at the Martin Center suggests it might. The Fourth Circuit’s disastrous opinion in a case at the University of Mary Washington (a Virginia public institution) suggests that colleges might be required to censor the Internet under Title IX, which I think we can all agree was not what those who voted for that 1972 statute had in mind.

WHO WOULD HAVE PREDICTED IN 1945 THAT THE UK’S LABOUR PARTY WOULD BE THE CLOSEST IDEOLOGICAL DESCENDANT OF THE NAZIS IN THE WEST? British t.v. presenter Rachel Riley describes the anti-Semitic abuse she’s encountered since publicly criticizing rampant Jew-hatred in Labour. Transcript here.

HOSTILE EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT: College teaches ed. students how to ‘combat toxic masculinity.’ Seems like a per se Title IX violation. Of course, if they want some actual examples of toxic masculinity at Lewis & Clark, they’ll probably have to import them.

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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: My latest Creators Syndicate column, Venezula’s opposition is now a serious threat to the Maduro Socialist Dictatorship.

STRYKER ON A WEST TEXAS ROLL: A Stryker assigned to 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4-17 Infantry Battalion passes a convoy during a field exercise at Ft. Bliss, Texas.

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